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The first gene therapy surgery has been performed. And the dream is becoming reality!

November 18, 2025
Dr. Konstantinos G. Chatzinikolas
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The first gene therapy surgery has been performed. And the dream is becoming reality!

An ophthalmologist-researcher from Massachusetts Eye and Ear performed the world’s first gene-therapy surgery for retinitis pigmentosa using Luxturna, since this treatment was approved by the FDA in December 2017. 

The surgery was performed on March 20 on a 13-year-old boy from New Jersey, and the ophthalmologist who carried it out was Jason Comander, MD, PhD. 

Ένας οφθαλμίατρος -ερευνητής , από το Νοσοκομείο Massachusetts Eye and Ear πραγματοποίησε την πρώτη, παγκοσμίως, επέμβαση γονιδιακής θεραπείας της μελαγχρωστικής αμφιβήστροειδοπάθειας, με το Luxturna από τότε που εγκρίθηκε η θεραπεία αυτή από το FDA το Δεκέμβριο 2017. 

Η επέμβαση έγινε στίς 20 Μαρτίου σε ένα 13 ετών αγόρι από το New Jersey, και ο οφθαλμίατρος που πραγματοποίησε την επέμβαση ήταν το Jason Comander, MD, PhD.

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